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LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE DAYTON POLICE OFFICER
INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
GOOD EVENING, I'M MARK ALLAN.
AND I'M KATIE USSIN
WHAT SHE'S FOUND OUT IN OUR
TOP STORY AT FIVE.
WE'VE LEARNED MICHAEL
HARGROVE IS THE MAN WHO LED
POLICE ON THIS CHASE THAT
ENDED IN FRONT OF GOOD
SAMARITAN HOSPITAL AFTER 6
LAST NIGHT. THATS WHERE
DAYTON POLICE OFFICER WILLIE
HOOPER WAS STRUCK BY A VAN
WHILE DEPLOYING STOP STICKS IN
AN ATTEMPT TO STOP HARGROVE.
I SPOKE WITH OFFICER HOOPER
OVER THE PHONE TODAY. HE
TELLS ME SUFFERED A FRACTURED
SHOULDER BLADE AND HAS SEVERAL
CUTS AND BRUISES, BUT IS NOW
RECOVERING AT HOME. THIS
POLICE REPORT OUTLINES THE
REST ...
THIS IS THE MAN WHO POLICE
SAY REFUSED TO STOP AFTER
CLAIMING HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS
SUV AND WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF.
33-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL
HARGROVE. A SLOW PURSUIT
BEGAN IN THE 500 BLOCK OF
SALEM AVENUE JUST BEFORE 6
P.M. THERE OFFICERS SAY
THEY SPOTTED HARGROVE DRIVING
HIS SUV .. BUT REFUSED TO STOP.
THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY
AT THE INTERSECTION OF CATALPA
AND WEST HILLCREST ... OFFICER
WILLIE HOOPER WAS OUTSIDE HIS
VEHICLE WHEN THE SUSPECT
SCREAMED TO HIM, "I HAVE A
BOMB" AND CONTINUED DRIVING.
POLICE RESORTED TO STOPSTICKS
IN AN EFFORT TO STOP HARGROVE.
OFFICER WILLIE HOOPER WAS
DEPLOYING HIS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SALEM AND
PHILADELPHIA WHEN HE WAS HIT
BY A VAN DRIVEN BY A WOMAN.
THREE CHILDREN WERE RIDING
WITH HER. THE DRIVER, 27-
YEAR-OLD ASHLEY JENNINGS ,
TOLD POLICE SHE DIDN'T SEE
OFFICER HOOPER. THE 26 YEAR
VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
4-YEAR VETERAN OF THE DAYTON
BOMB SQUAD WAS RUSHED TO MIAMI
VALLEY HOSPITAL. JENNINGS
WAS ARRESTED AFTER
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED SHE
HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR
FORGERY AND THEFT. OFFICERS
WERE FORCED TO BREAK OUT THE
WINDOWS OF HARGROVE'S SUV
BEFORE HE SURRENDERED.
LIEUTENANT WENDY STIVER SAYS
THE ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS
WERE JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF
HIS THREAT. A BOMB WAS NOT
LOCATED. STIVER SAYS ITS
CLEAR THE SUSPECT WAS MENTALLY
DISTRAUGHT ... WHICH ISN'T
UNCOMMON DURING THIS TIME OF
YEAR. 23:15 "WE ASK FAMILY
MEMBERS PAY ATTENTION TO
EACHOTHER. CHECK IN WITH
EACHOTHER. ESPECIALLY DURING
THE HOLIDAYS. MAKE EFFORT TO
HELP YOUR LOVED ONES OUT
BEFORE THE POINT THEY ARE
TAKING DESPERATE MEASURES."
:30
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING
FOR POLICE TO RELEASE THE DASH
CAM VIDEO THAT CAPTURED
OFFICER HOOPER BEING HIT BY
THE VAN. OFFICER HOOPER IS
"NOT" ALLOWED TO TALK WITH US
AT THIS TIME. THE
INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.
HARGROVE REMAIN IN THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL.
HARGROVE IS CHARGED WITH
INDUCING PANIC AND FAILURE TO
COMPLY. RL AA 2NEWS.